PAKISTAN

Mumbai terror attack: Pakistan intelligence involved

At a trial, David Coleman Headley, the Chicago based Pakistani American who is accused of providing a front surveillance work in India in the 2008 Mumbai attacks has testified the involvement of at least one Pakistani Inter-Services intelligence directorate and a navy frogman, reported Reuters on Monday.

Karachi Attack: Military regains control

The Pakistan military finally regained control of the Naval air force after a 16-hour gunbattle with as few as six Taliban gunmen who attached the PNS Mehran base in Karachi late on Sunday.

Obama visits family roots in Ireland

U.S. President Barack Obama declared solidarity between the United States and economically struggling Ireland with a symbolic gulp of beer and a rousing speech, telling a huge Dublin crowd on Monday: Your best days are still ahead.
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Live Images of Karachi naval base terror attack (PHOTOS)

A group of heavily armed militants stormed a military airbase, PNS Mehra, in the Pakistani port city of Karachi early Monday morning, killing five security personnel and injuring many. According to various media reports, three militants were killed and four have been arrested.

Why Would Pakistan Harbor Terrorists?

Since the shocking discovery (and subsequent) assassination of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in early May in a compound in Pakistan, rumors have swirled that authorities in Islamabad have been harboring and protecting the world’s most wanted man all these years.

Bomb in Pehawar hits US consulate car

A roadside bomb exploded near US consulate vehicle carrying Americans in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing one local person and injuring others, an embassy spokesman told Reuters on Friday.

Taliban Kill 35 Road Workers In Ambush

The Afghan Taliban’s spring offensive against the state has taken another deadly turn, with the murder of at least 35 construction workers in an ambush in the eastern part of the country, according to reports.

Gates, Mullen Urge Congress to Keep Sending Aid To Pakistan

Despite a chorus of calls from some senior US politicians that aid to Pakistan should be halted or curtailed, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the U.S. should continue to financially help the South Asian nation because it remains of “significant” interest to Washington.
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Democratic Senators Urge US To Halt Aid To Pakistan

A group of senior U.S. Senators (all Democrats) are pushing the Obama Administration to halt any further aid to Pakistan until the government is convinced that Islamabad is not sheltering any more terrorists in the country and doing everything it can to stamp out Islamic militancy.

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